helical

helical

adjective

Definition of HELICAL

turning around an axis like the thread of a screw <Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens, travels a helical path through space>

Synonyms coiling, corkscrew, helical, involute, screwlike, winding

Related Words circular; curling, curving, swirly, twisting

Near Antonyms lineal, linear, right, straight